Katherine Schaffstall

A Wisconsin woman was arrested after she allegedly tried to enlist the help of a military man to teach her how to shoot the father of her child, whom she deemed as “pathetic.” “I am going to f***ing kill you, you piece of s***,” Angela Volm wrote in text messages to the father of her […]

Michelle Zajko, a member of the cultlike group known as Zizians, has been charged after she allegedly murdered her parents at their Pennsylvania home on her 30th birthday, and prosecutors believe she may not have acted alone. Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse said that authorities looked at footage from a neighbor’s doorbell camera, used […]

Taylor Parker complained about prison conditions and not being able to wear makeup in court after she was arrested for killing her pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock cutting the baby out of her body and trying to pass the newborn off as her own. In a new jail call recording obtained by The Sun, Parker, 33, […]

Before Taylor Parker fell in love with Wade Griffin and falsely claimed she was pregnant with his child, she was married twice. Following the release of Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct, Us Weekly breaks down everything to know about Parker’s dating and marriage history, what Griffin has revealed about their romance and details about […]

A Connecticut woman was charged with murder eight years after she allegedly left her newborn son in a dumpster. Dominique Harrison appeared in court on Monday, June 22, for an arraignment hearing after she was charged with murder, according to News 12. The outlet reported that the charges were in connection to Harrison’s son, who […]

A father in Minnesota will spend the next decade behind bars after he severely injured his 3-month-old twin sons, likely causing them to have developmental issues. After Dylan Raymond Strain pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree assault with great bodily harm, he was sentenced to serve just under 16 years in prison on Monday, […]

A high school senior has been sentenced to serve five years and six months in prison six months after he set a man on fire on a New York City subway. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, announced in a press release on Tuesday, June 23, that Hiram Carrero had been sentenced […]

Following the release of Netflix’s Maternal Instinct, TikTok influencer Reesa Teesa has weighed in on Taylor Parker’s crimes and even compared the felon to her ex-husband, Jerome “Legion” McCoy. Just days after Maternal Instinct was released on June 12, Teesa, 41, took to TikTok to admit that the film “triggered” her. Teesa, who went viral […]

Taylor Parker’s shocking crimes were featured in Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct, providing a deep dive into Parker’s 10-month-long web of lies as she faked a pregnancy with boyfriend Wade Griffin that eventually led her to kill her pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock, cut her unborn baby from her womb and attempt to pass off […]

Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct has reignited public interest in one of the most disturbing crimes in recent Texas history: the 2020 killing of pregnant 21-year-old Reagan Simmons-Hancock by her friend Taylor Parker, who cut the victim’s unborn baby from her womb and tried to pass the child off as her own. Now, viewers […]

Taylor Parker shocked the world when her fake pregnancy led her to kill her pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock. The case became even more twisted when she claimed she gave birth and tried to pass off the baby as her own. After her story was shared in Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct, many true crime […]

The Ohio Supreme Court declined a request to review Mackenzie Shirilla’s post-conviction appeals after she killed her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and friend Davion Flanagan in a fatal car crash. Shirilla, 21, was found guilty of murder in 2023 following the deaths of Russo, 20, and Flanagan, 19, in July 2022. She was sentenced to two […]

A mother in Ohio was arrested shortly after her teen son was accused of fatally shooting a 15-year-old girl. Erin Barker was arrested and charged with tampering with evidence following the shooting on Thursday, June 19. Barker, 47, has not yet entered a plea and her bond has been set at $25,000, according to FOX […]

A family in Mississippi is demanding answers after a 1-year-old boy was fatally shot by police officers in a Walmart parking lot. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump announced the victim Kohen Wiley family’s plans to seek an autopsy and are asking police to release body cam footage and surveillance footage from the incident during a […]

A mom in Ohio has been sentenced after she admitted to shoving her kids down the stairs, which she previously claimed was “normal discipline.” Daisha Phillips was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday, June 22, after she pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse, according to a courtroom report from the Cincinnati […]

One month after a high school teacher in Georgia was accused of sexually abusing a student, a warrant claimed that some of her students allegedly threatened to expose her OnlyFans account in order to get better grades. Maris Nichols was accused of having sex with a student twice, and she was arrested in May in […]

Taylor Parker committed an unimaginable crime when she killed her pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock, cut the unborn baby from her womb and attempted to pass off the child as her own. The disturbing case is now the subject of Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct, leaving viewers stunned by the elaborate web of lies that […]

A father in Idaho has been arrested after he allegedly let his daughter suffer and refused to let doctors save her while she was dealing with a life-threatening infection. Joshua Bailey has been charged with felony injury to a child in connection with allegations that he refused to provide medical care for his 10-year-old daughter. […]

The hospital in Idabel, Oklahoma, where Taylor Parker reported to after claiming she gave birth has asked Netflix fans to not visit following the release of Maternal Instinct. “While the events portrayed were real and remain a matter of public record, they also represent one of the most painful chapters in the lives of the […]

A former teacher in Texas was arrested after he was accused of exchanging nude photos with a student. The McLennan County Sheriff’s Office arrested Dylan Goforth, a former West ISD teacher and coach, on Wednesday, June 17, amid allegations that he had an improper relationship with a student, according to KWTX. Goforth, 34, was arrested […]

A Texas woman was arrested and charged with intoxication manslaughter in connection with a car crash that killed her 6-year-old daughter in March. The Arlington Police Department announced that Courtney Getz was taken into custody in Arlington by the U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force on Tuesday, June 16. Getz, 21, was charged with […]